Apple’s decisions regarding its mobile platform in particular have
been extremely protective from the very start. Cumulatively, these
actions represent a huge bet placed by Apple. The proposition is
this: Apple is betting it can grow its platform fast enough, using
any means necessary, that developers will stick around despite all
the hardships and shoddy treatment. Each time it chooses to do
what it thinks is best for the future of the iPhone OS platform
instead of what will please developers, Apple is pushing more
chips into the pot.